Detection of telomerase activity in oral rinses from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 5720-5722

  Califano, Joseph ^a   Ahrendt, Steven A ^a   Meininger, Glenn ^a   Westra, William H ^a   Koch, Wayne M ^a   Sidransky, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TELOMERE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TELOMERASE;

EID: 0029731552     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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